Determine the base and the dimension of subspace $W$ given as generated space (set of linear combinations) of $3$-vectors in $\mathbb{R}^4$

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Hello everybody I'm not certain with this question.

So if lets say $$ W = L\bigl((1,1,0,-1),\, (0,-1,1,1),\, (3,1,2,-1)\bigr) \subset \mathbb{R}^4; $$ $L$ being the space generated or set of linear combinations of these vectors I want to find the base and the dimension of $W$.

So my thinking is I need to use Gaussian Elimination Matrix and put these $3$ vectors and find the rank which in this case I got $\operatorname{rank} = 2$. So by this the first two columns have pivot and that means that the first two vectors are base for $W$ which means it is a $2$-dimensional matrix.

Is my approach correct? Any feedback is gladly appreciated!